The Four Major global tennis tournaments, known as the Grand Slam of Tennis, attract the best players in the world. With them comes millions of viewers, and millions of dollars in prize money.

In years past, the Australian Open's place in the Grand Slam pecking order was towards the lower end. But not any more. Operated by Tennis Australia, the Australian Open is more than just a Grand Slam tournament. It is now a two week cultural event on the Australia calendar that attracts over 800,000 attendees. The event beams into 900 million homes and employees thousands of people.

The Australian Open is a big business, but it has not been immune to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Like all businesses they are finding their way in the new world, which is a challenge. In doing so, they are focusing on three themes for the 2021 event...Recovery, Re-Open and Re-Imagine.

Chris recently sat down with Tennis Australia CEO, Craig Tiley, to talk about his plans for this year's Open.

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There was a bit of excitement and nervous energy when businesses were required to send their workforce home. Setting up home offices, using new technology and being able to work in leisure wear was a bit of a novelty. A few months down the track, and what started out as a temporary solution is looking more and more like the new normal.

In this episode Chris talks with "Lessons in Happiness from the Third World" author, Pete Jensen. Together they discuss the current issues facing businesses with remote work forces, including:

•What to do once the novelty wears off

•How to avoid the downward well-being spiral

•The principles of WHO-listic well-being

•How to build a strategy for well-being in isolation

•Finding sustained happiness

Episode Links

TED Talks

Psychological Safety - Amy Edmonson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhoLuui9gX8&t=11s

Loneliness and addiction - Rachel Wurzman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxEcvU0Vp_M

Contact Pete

[email protected]

www.larsenjensen.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/petejensen1

Book purchases

www.facilitatinghappiness.com

When COVID-19 hit, businesses around the globe implemented remote working strategies, and the work from home revolution began. With restrictions being lifted in some parts of the world, businesses are faced with the decision of either continuing to embrace remote working, or send everyone back into the office.

Over the last few decades, working models and the office environment have significantly changed. We have gone from working in cubicles, to open plan, to embracing a sense of fun with a focus on work life balance, and now thanks to technology, many of us can work from anywhere.

Joining me in this conversation about the changing landscape of the office environment is Dave Hassett, managing director of the Hassett group, a leading Australian boutique executive search and recruitment firm.

Episode Links:

LiveSmiles

https://www.livetiles.nyc/teams-support-program

On this episode of the Education Series, as the business world gets ready to face the reality of a post-COVID world, it's clear there will be many new challenges to face.

Is reinvention a requirement? What are the key drivers for success in the new world? What are the new opportunities for businesses, and what are the key issues to watch out for?

Telstra Digital Services Partner, Julian Cross has over 20 years' experience working with large enterprise customers on digital transformation projects. On this episode we discuss his strategies for how companies can find their new normal in the post-COVID age. He also shares his insights on what the new normal may mean for employees, and some of the opportunities it will present.

Episode Links:

LiveSmiles

https://www.livetiles.nyc/teams-support-program

Getting the chance to interview my CEO, Karl Redenbach, has been something that has been on my wish list for a while. When Karl enters a room, or jumps onto a meeting, all eyes and ears are on him. He has a certain charisma about him, an energy, and you never quite know what little gems of knowledge he is going to share.

With the world starting to awaken from a Covid-imposed slumber, many businesses are making plans for "business unusual", as Karl refers to it. Karl discusses some of the major challenges businesses will face post-Covid and his excitement for what is to come. Ever the optimist, Karl shares his enthusiasm for the remote working revolution. He believes LiveTiles is well placed to support remote workers now and into the future. This is just a few examples of the insights Karl shares in this inteview.

Strap yourselves in for this chat, Karl covers a lot of ground, as I expected he would.

Episode Links:

LiveSmiles

https://www.livetiles.nyc/teams-support-program

Communicating with a remote workforce has its challenges, but what if remote working is here to stay? Have you set your remote workforce up for success?

On this episode Ryan Thomas, CEO of Timlin Enterprises, offers advice on how to set up your remote workforce. Ryan has been operating a remote workforce for many years and has also helped many clients to set up their own.

In this episode, he shares strategies for working together, when you are apart. How avoiding meetings for meetings' sake will make you more productive. Why understanding and respecting new work patterns is so important, and how you should prioritise fun for the sake of your mental health.

Episode Links:

LiveSmiles

https://www.livetiles.nyc/teams-support-program

As a result of Covid-19, companies the world over have adopted remote working models for their employees. Anecdotally, results have been mixed. Some employees love the flexibility, others crave human interaction. Companies are being forced to "let go" some of their controls with he new model. But, some are reporting that employee productivity levels remain high, and in some cases have even increased.

How are your employees faring? When was the last time you checked in on them?

We are hearing rumblings of a wave of mental health issues that may cause greater harm than the pandemic itself, but time will tell. In this episode, mindfulness expert, Nina Purewal and founder of the LiveSmiles movement, Peter Nguyen-Brown join me. We discuss the potential mental health issues that are on the horizon, what we can do to support employees through them, and what part technology has to play in the solution.

Episode Links:

Let That Sh*t Go

LiveSmiles

https://www.livetiles.nyc/teams-support-program

Since Covid-19 struck the globe, Microsoft Team has gone from strength to strength and at the time of this recording was sitting somewhere near 75 million daily users. May of those users are fairly new to the platform and are busily discovering what it has to offer, which is why I invited Microsoft Product Marketing Manager, Jas Basra on to the podcast to talk about it.

Many of these new users, as well as those who have been using it for a while, are using it mostly for communicating via chat, video and voice calls and hosting meetings...but there is a lot more to it than just that, and companies such as LiveTiles are working with Microsoft to augment it in many ways to make our working lives easier.

Enjoy the conversation with Microsoft Product Marketing Manager, Jas Basra

Working from home is our new normal. And if you've got children, you're probably also struggling with the world of homeschooling. Teachers are scrambling to understand the new technology they need to deliver lessons, and parents are trying to juggle supervising their children's learning in between business video calls and Teams chats.

So how are educators modifying their teaching methods to cater for the new normal? What challenges are they facing, now and into the future? How is technology shaping this new world?

Join Host and Creator of the Intelligent Workplace Podcast, Chris Lukianenko, as he investigates how the education sector is managing the current crisis. His guests for this discussion are Learning Innovation Specialist at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School, Tim Rose, and LiveTiles' Head of Global Communications, Paul Conneally.

Building high performing teams is a difficult task, even more so when you are required to do it when the world is in the grips of a global pandemic that is changing everything we know about the business world.

On this episode, Nick Rameka, Chief Marketing Officer for LiveTiles shares his story of how his newly formed Global Marketing team was flipped on its head due to Covid-19 and how it had to establish a new way of working, find a common purpose, get to work and deliver a mountain of work during one of the most critical time periods in LiveTiles short history.